PROLOG

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       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       mbstowcs — convert a character string to a wide-character string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t *restrict pwcs, const char *restrict s,
           size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       The  functionality  described  on  this  reference  page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict
       between the requirements described  here  and  the  ISO C  standard  is  unintentional.  This  volume  of
       POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  mbstowcs()  function  shall  convert a sequence of characters that begins in the initial shift state
       from the array pointed to by s into a sequence of corresponding wide-character codes and shall store  not
       more  than  n  wide-character  codes into the array pointed to by pwcs.  No characters that follow a null
       byte (which is converted into a wide-character code with value 0) shall be examined  or  converted.  Each
       character  shall be converted as if by a call to mbtowc(), except that the shift state of mbtowc() is not
       affected.

       No more than n elements shall be modified in the array pointed  to  by  pwcs.   If  copying  takes  place
       between objects that overlap, the behavior is undefined.

       The  behavior of this function shall be affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.  If pwcs
       is a null pointer, mbstowcs() shall return the length required to convert the entire array regardless  of
       the value of n, but no values are stored.

RETURN VALUE

       If  an  invalid  character  is  encountered,  mbstowcs()  shall  return (size_t)−1 and shall set errno to
       indicate the error.

       Otherwise, mbstowcs() shall return the number of the array elements modified  (or  required  if  pwcs  is
       null),  not  including  a terminating 0 code, if any. The array shall not be zero-terminated if the value
       returned is n.

ERRORS

       The mbstowcs() function shall fail if:

       EILSEQ An invalid byte sequence is detected.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       mblen(), mbtowc(), wctomb(), wcstombs()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdlib.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc
       and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In  the  event
       of  any  discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
       http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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       during   the   conversion  of  the  source  files  to  man  page  format.  To  report  such  errors,  see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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